Shawnee Mission Post Fails the Public on Rattan Tax Story

The Shawnee Mission Post, in a feeble attempt to cover the story behind the past due property tax situation of JCCC Trustee candidate Dawn Rattan, left out some very important info.  Did they deliberately leave the info about the delinquent tax history out?  Were they "covering" for the candidate?  Also, as stated in a previous post here, current Ward 3 Council Member Lisa Larson-Bunnell apparently has no problem with endorsing/supporting Ms. Rattan.  Also, Ms. Larson-Bunnell was on the council when the previous delinquency became known.  I think Larson-Bunnell is morally and ethically challenged for supporting Rattan and needs to publicly withdraw her support.

FYI, more specific info on the previous tax delinquency (2015 & 2016 not paid until 2019 and only after a member of the community brought it to light) is contained in my email to the reporter, editor and owner/publisher of the Shawnee Mission Post, quoted below:

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I read the article that you published concerning the 2019 back property taxes that were owed by Dawn Rattan on your web site at

https://shawneemissionpost.com/2021/10/08/dawn-rattan-property-taxes-133785/

The reasons given for the late payment were something about miscommunication with her spouse and a death in the family.

Was your article based on the blog post at http://shawneeray.blogspot.com/2021/10/lisa-larson-bunnell-supports.html ?

If you read that blog post there was info that indicated that just two years ago (in 2019) when Ms. Rattan ran for city council that another member of the community brought out info that there were multiple years of delinquent taxes.

That info is easily verifiable at the JoCo Tax Office.  What was the reason for those delinquent items?  Was it also miscommunication with the spouse?  Were there other deaths in the family?

Why was this info not mentioned in your article?  Was it selective editing?  Don’t you feel a responsibility to report these types of situations to the public?  Or, are you being protective of a candidate who appears to adhere to the maxim, “the rules are made for thee, not me”?

Anyway, it was the 2015 & 2016 taxes that were not paid until 2019.  Curious if that member of the community had not made the info public how much longer would they have gone delinquent.  IMHO, your “newspaper” was very remiss in not adhering to the old Paul Harvey saying of “….and now for the rest of the story…..”

2016       Payment History                             Details

TAXING ENTITY RATE      TOTAL TAXES DUE            AMOUNT PAID BALANCE

Installment 1                     Last Paid Date: 7-11-2019

Installment 2                     Last Paid Date: 7-11-2019

Property Fees                                                  

TOTALS 0.133095              $21,596.35           $21,596.35           $0.00

2015       Payment History                             Details

TAXING ENTITY RATE      TOTAL TAXES DUE            AMOUNT PAID BALANCE

Installment 1                     Last Paid Date: 7-11-2019

Installment 2                     Last Paid Date: 7-11-2019

Property Fees                                                  

TOTALS 0.136589              $24,302.75           $24,302.75           $0.00